Name: "Candidatus Methylomirabilis" Ettwig et al. 2010
Etymology: Me.thy.lo.mi.ra’bi.lis. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl group (modern Latin); L. masc./fem. adj. mirabilis, astonishing, strange; N.L. fem. n. Methylomirabilis, The name alludes to the substrate methane, which is oxidized by a surprising combination of pathways
Gender: feminine (stem: Methylomirabil-)
Type species: "Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxygeniifera" corrig. Ettwig et al. 2010
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Ettwig KF, Butler MK, Le Paslier D, Pelletier E, Mangenot S, Kuypers MM, Schreiber F, Dutilh BE, Zedelius J, de Beer D, et al. Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria. Nature 2010; 464:543-548.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 6
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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"Candidatus Methylomirabilis lanthanidiphila" Versantvoort et al. 2018 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methylomirabilis limnetica" Graf et al. 2018 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera" Ettwig et al. 2010 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling (and no standing) |
"Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxygeniifera" corrig. Ettwig et al. 2010 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methylomirabilis sinica" He et al. 2016 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Methylomirabilis tolerans" Dalcin Martins et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Parent taxon: [Methylomirabilota, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 19185